Indian Daily Mail, 21 March 1947

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  • 15 1 Indian Daily Mail Vol. 111, No. 34. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 259 1 progressive Circles Shocked By Latest Obstructionist Move Stupid Explanation, Groundless Allegations Made <F>«»m Our Own Correspondent) New Delhi. Mar- 20. The Muslim League Party m the 1 Legislature sprang a surprise last night when they decided to boycott the Asian Relations Conference opening on
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  • 104 1 'From Our Own Correspondent) Lahore, Mar. 20. As forecast by mo, the Punjib Governor has enacted an Act. called the Disturbed Areas Act. which provides the death penalty for offences of attempted murder, abduction, rape, faulty, and arson m the disturbed areas, notwithstanding any punishment
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  • 17 1 20.— Communal l m the Punjab has killed and seriously injured 1,103, authoritative sources stated today. Reuter
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  • 61 1 Ex am. Question Papers Sold On Streets! 'SuS*?^ 0 11 Correspondent) of h r> 26 T Owing to 'he question paper, lh \l ."Rlish examination for wll n "mediate has been canthe Madras University a Prea(l hab these question papers are 1 °l*nly m the streets for the LS? vernn
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  • 28 1 FIRST INDIAN POLICE COMMISSIONER 'From TII ™IUiNUK L wn Co "-esPondent) Si^i'nT 1 to act as p «^c fi^!ndi a Madras piu ai is io occupy this post.
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  • 34 1 |„l be P h° r L Khalsa Associai meetin° ldlng th€ir annual 8 to elect new .r r Y 1 the Indian Assov P**kes, Race Course u^rch i<£, m on Saturday, 47 AU interested
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  • 160 1 Weather Causes Considerable Damage In Britain Great Yarkmouth, Norfolk, Mar. 20. The effect of the weather on Britain's agriculture has been "most alarming," Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, told the local Chamber of Commerce at the annual dinner here last night. "Some of the damage us
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  • 136 1 Rangoon, Mar. 20.— Prospects of sending military aid from Burma or India t^ Vietnam (Indo-Chinese Republican) forces were now very remote, said Bo Van Naing, tormer colonel m the wartime Burma Defence Army, who sometime ago announced his decision to lead an Indo-Burmese expeditionary
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  • 39 1 LOCAL INDIAN RECEPTION FOR INDONESIAN DELEGATION The Singapore Regional Indian Congress is giving a dinner party m honour of the Indonesian Delegation to New Delhi for the InterAsian Conference at No. 6, Race Course Lane at 7.45 pjn. today.
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  • 43 1 There will be a meeting of the Singapore Government Servants' Back Pay Council on Friday, 21st March 1947, at 5.30 p.m. at 331 North Bridge Road. Representatives from Government Servants' Organisation and Government Departments are requested to attend.
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  • 487 1 London, Mar. 20 Admiral Viscount Mountbatten of Burma left England at 11 a.m. today to relieve Field Marshal Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica as the Viceroy of India. He said he was leaving with an "open mind/ The 47-year-old Viceroy designate, the great grandson
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  • 79 1 London, Mar. 20^— Hitherto it had been the custom for incoming and outgoing Viceroys not to meet, and when the Vice-roy-designate arrives m the country the predecessor is on nis way home. On this occasion, it has been arranged for Lord Mountbattcn to meet the outgoing Viceroy
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  • 82 1 Washington, Mar. 20. The United Startes Secretary of State, George Marshall, "is believed to have been m secret conference m the Kremlin early yesterday with Generalissimo Stalin and the Russian Foreign Minister, Vycheslav Molotov," according to the usually reliable correspondent of "Philadelphia Inquirer," Ivan H. Peterman,
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  • 304 1 Batavia, Mar. 20.— The Netherlands Commission -General split wide open on Thursday as one of the three original Commissioners resigned and the two Commis-sioners-designate announced that they were unwilling to accept the appointment, apparently as a result of the Dutch Government's decision to invmediately sign the
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  • 75 1 "BOMB RUSSIA FIRST," SAYS EX-GOVERNOR GEORGE EARLE Philadelphia, Mar. 20.—The former Governor and former Minister to Australia and Bulgaria George Earle, yesterday urged the bombing of Russia "to eliminate the Communist menace to civilization/ "We ought to bomb Russia before she bombs us/ he declared. "I would be sorry to
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  • 82 1 London, Mar. 20. King George Sixth has approved the elevation jf the British Legation at Bangkok to the status of Embassy and Mr. Geoffrey H. Thompson has been appointed British Ambassador to Siam, it was officially announced Tuesday night. By agreement with the Siamese
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  • 422 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) New Delhi, Mar. 20. Hopes that some kind of compromise would be reached by the Select Committees on the Business Profits Tax Bill and Finance Bill were belied yesterday when the Finance Member presented m the Central Assembly the
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  • 73 1 New York, Mar. 20.— Vivid photographs of the aftermath of the Hindu-Muslim riots have been published m the New York Times, alongside New Delhi dispatches of Jinnah's announcement calling on the Muslim League to restore order m the Punjab. The Governor-General left Singapore yesterday morning on
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  • 507 1 Generous Terms, Conditions Offered Servicemen As a temporary measure to suppress looting and pilferage m the Singapore Harbour Board area, measures have been taken to strengthen the S.H.B. Police by the recruitment of 200 Trained Service Men as Auxiliary Inspectors of Police
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  • 684 2 Indian Daily Mail Singapore, Friday, March 21, 1947. THE TASK BEFORE MOUNTBATTEN ALL eyes will be turned to the political barometer m India tomorrow when the Viceroy-design-ate Admiral Viscount Louis Mountbatten is expected to arrive m l^ew Delhi and take over from Field Marshall Wavell. As the last Viceroy of
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  • 544 2 New Viceroy's "Blueprints'' FinalizedFarewell Chat With Attlee London, Mar. 20. Viscount Mountbatten would commence his operations m India from the point where Viscount Wavell was "baffled" by the Muslim League's astuteness, it was learned yesterday. A
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  • 164 2 London, Mar. 19. The Indian High Commissioner m London, Sir Samuel Runganadhan. and Lord Pethick-Lawrence were amorYg the many distinguished guests who attended the farewell reception given here last night by the VicerdyDesinate of India and his wife, Viscount and Viscountess Mountbatten, who leave for New
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  • 320 2 London, Mar. 19. The liberal News Chronicle criticizes Jinnah tor delaying his appeal for restraint m the Punjab. "It is only after the riots have been raging m the Punjab for several weeks that he has publicly exhorted his followers there to give unstinted co-operation
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  • 265 2 PRINCE PHILIP OF GREECE BECOMES BRITISH,' AND ROMANCE RUMOURS CURRENT AGAIN London, March, 20. A Government source on Wednesday said there was reason to believe the British Government would not oppose a marriage between Princess Elizabeth* and former Prince Philip of Greece- The source said the Cabinet had discussed the
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  • 256 2 London, Mar. 20. The disorders m the Punjab 'and North -West Frontier Province again demonstrate the narrowness of the line separating order and anarchy m India, writes the Times. It commends the authorities m both areas for their promptitude m requesting and their skill
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  • 323 2 Rangoon, Mar. 20. The Burmese delegation to me Inter-Asian Keiauons Conierence which is opening .m .Sew Lelni on Mar. is leaving Rangoon today by air. liie delegation, iiumucnng 16 t i.-> neaded by Justice (j. u^w Myint. 'inaiun Mya, .financial Memoei In tlie
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  • 138 2 CHINESE DELEGATION'S ASIAN PROPOSALS FOR DELHI CONFERENCE Shanghai, Mar. 19. The Chinese delegation to the Inter-Asian Relations Conference, to be held m Sew Delhi on March 23, intends to .submit proposals covering a wide range of problems m current relations between Asiatic countries, according to Vice -Minister of Education, Han
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  • 147 2 Bombay, Mar. 20. Referring to the profession of journalism, Mr. Jinnah said that this profession was a difficult one. "You have great power. You can guide and misguide people. You can make or mar the biggest personality. The power of the Press is really great
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  • 165 2 India Suffering From Obsession Of Political Issues? iKHMfon, Mac. l»_ Mr Godf r Nicholson, member of the para mentary mission lo India, S pe^ ng at- the meeting o f the India Association addressed I Dr. Anwar Qureshi yesterday 2 that India was suffering f rom an obsession of political
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  • 185 2 New Delhi (Air Mail).— The mi 1945-46 showed a record m Rail way traffic m India, it was dtclosed by the annual report of the Indian Railway Board. Total passenger earning* of d Indian Railways amounted Rs 867,400,,000 (£65,055,000) ll was 13.3 per cent,
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  • 123 2 Aung San's Appeal To Burmans Rangoon, Mar. Deputy Chairman t vC sicrd»s Interim Government. issued an appeal to <° c t sU ppeople for united and all port for the he I Freedom League of *n» the President. a ddre^ Aung Ban, wow ada campaign meeting n to* for the
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  • 51 2 "SANE" REMARKS OF INDIAN LEADERS New York Mar. u c# York Herald-Tnbu'^ m a leading «f t e Mo b»i -sane" remark* W Jinnah and Fana Nehru, said: -These indica^^; ing sense o£ resp r£ e ncoIndian poUtlcians .arc^ The great need m for conciliation. "Any Bign of pjjffii praised/
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  • 1036 3 Malayan Questions In House Of Commons Local Union Leaders Blamed For Disturbances Colonial Secretary Creech-Jones' Back Pay Shock London, Mar. 20. Mr. Thomas Reid, Labour member of lfTU nt and former colonial administrator, asked m the c of 'ominons yesterday what political parties m Malaya f responsible for iritinff the
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  • 260 3 London, Mar. 20. Sir Peter MacDonald, Conservative member of Parliament, asked m the House of Commons yesterday to what extent the export duty on tea recently levied by the Government of Ceylon would fall on the British consumer or taxpayer. Dr. Summerskill, Parliamentary Secretary to the
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  • 332 3 London, Mar. 20.— Field-Marshal Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, was criticised m the House of Commons yesterday for the political speech he made during the week-end m which he said his plan for victory over the economic crisis was dominant leadership,
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  • 280 3 London, Mar. 19. Mr. Clemenft Attlee, Britain's Socialist Prime Minister, last night broadcast a "Work to Survive" message to the nation. /He said the difficulties facing the nation were too serious and a challenge too immediate to allow him to indulge m party scores. Giving the
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  • 1120 4 "Statesmanlike Handling Necessary To Win Hearts" By A Warden, A.R.R, Spore THE Passive Defence Service Units like the A.R.P., M.A.S., Rescue Service, Special Constabulary, Auxiliary Fire Service, etc., had played their part by performing their duties during the Malayan War and the highest-ranking
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  • 345 4 After Mr. J. Laycock submitted a memorandum dealing with nine out of the 17 demands made by the employees. Yap Lan Fan, a ticket inspector attached to the Singapore Traction Company, was the first witnessto be called by Mr. S. C. Goho, who is
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  • 300 4 A Chinese couple were robbed oX a wrist watch valued at $b 0 and gold valued at $30 by two Chinese at Battery Road at about 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday. A few minutes later the Chinese gentleman and his wife saw a police patrol approach and stopped
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